Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-29
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ssxR INTERESTING TTEMs oeSuxHxuO
ALASKA.

Yesterday afssFnoon Fspaxtsf Of n
Posr ExRR11Eszsss - Nr. SSnex,
parse Il Tie steam schooner Leo,
Shieh arrived fFom Alaska % M0adsy
evening". ard engaged IN eorssrAsi01
With him. Ne. BsssE s4Ids
an az Iass euussesssson eifh 700,
thfnk Eaid tkst he stks Tfsoins
Oompasy h14 zsisefsa sifs a Call.
este On Whseh i RS going 60 put ~ q
bnildinR and eEsn . store. That va
ths psoRrnmMs a. kket tiEne, but the
eonpany kaa coed oppoEsunify % ssll
Cst ia hss3iER a. Chilleots. Wkieh Il
did, and seeing good opportunity %
secure Z bnii1ina wtsh Whaef privileges
st 5aneaa, emhraced e and opened Z
braach store there. lbs eoDpAny vii
transfer : paEs u is ssska s.oek 70 The
ncW store. Many Of tie goods ve took
~ from 3za4sle iazs trio are being aolc
il our Jucese stere. Tie sehooe5f ens
= days IN nakihg TIE road trip- We
bad fdIl ffei9ht %, consisting Of gen
efal mefehandiss for the company, and
lumber aEd coal. On COR down trip re
hAd q very Iieht freight which con
sisted principally Of skins, hides aud
faRs- We viii eomnasBes at once
isadiDQ for ear feturn trip The
cargo wiIi e0nsiaa OF general merchan-
disc, hunter and coal. We will take up
the material for two buildings for the
Sitka Mission Home. f0s DR.. Jackson,
who arrived there o. the iast "trip ct she
Olympisn. Both these buildings vii
b. qaits large. They are nov bsi1R
Traced at Stetson Il p yst's mill. We
viii take eSerythina neceeaagy 20 their
constFuetion, including SindowA. doors.
shingles and hardware. We vii also
take q building for Charles Wells. Of
Juneau We have rot decided whsthes
Ne viii take any VassenQefs OF noi'
We are thinking sQEaa OF taking lev
tens Of giant pcw6ef this Trip, and II
We do thai Ne will mos take passenRera,
although several persons have eppiisd
for passage on the schooner. From
Sc aktie We will 60 direct 10. Sitka, and
then 20 juneau, from watch point We
viii retain dieOes 30 Seattle again. We
Will not GET away until after the Fourth
Of July. although &c are eotEg Gil ve
can 10 harry things upS
RepoFtef Hoe has the weather
been IN AiAsk8f
Nj. Baner-For lie past fsv weeks il
hes been very disagreeabls. 10 the hrst
plaos the season vas very bsok yard, \
good dsaI the same as on the Sound.
rain up TO the middle Of May. IL thea
cleared up for a litsie while. but Of late
IL has been quite dissgresable.
RspoEteF-wbat Ia the mining out.
look7
Mr.. Bauer-I would say, from what !
can bear, that il is very bright. Tbe
companies which have got started aEe
ell increasing the capacity Of their
mills or building new ones, and no one
who has made anything Of start shows
any indication or inclination 10 give
up. Just before ve lefs q party OF pros
pectors started cut TO MONT 81. Elias
on a prospecting to0E. They we're foil
OF hope, but Of coarse whether sbey nod
anything or not IL an ansolVed mystery.
The mcss recent excitement in Aiaeks
was occasioned By q very rich dad made
by Mr.. N. HALEY, superintendent OF the
Silver Bow Mining Company. While
prospecting In the Silver Bow District
ha discovered a ledge very rich in the
srecicas metals-in fact, far richer, Il Ia
claimed, than sny ore heretofore discov
cred in that Territory. This Territory
il nov fast becoming pe0pled. Msny
90 20 Alaska, but few rsturn. SJme
stop as SitkR and Juneau, while others
push on into the interior. some OF the
more ventGtesoms z lipR over on to the
Yukon river. We oBlg bFoaRht down
one passenger, q Mr.. 1aley, from Arr
zln,., who has been some time in tie
northern country.